AARP, Inc.

AARP, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving AARP, Inc. and AARP Foundation on September 14, 2020. The breach, which was discovered on July 16, 2020, stemmed from a cyberattack involving ransomware that began on February 6, 2020, affecting 248,615 Washington residents' names and full dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10297

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/aarp

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"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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                        'location': 'Washington',
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                        'type': 'Organization'},
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                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'AARP Foundation',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
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                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-14',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving AARP, Inc. and AARP Foundation on '
                'September 14, 2020. The breach, which was discovered on July '
                '16, 2020, stemmed from a cyberattack involving ransomware '
                'that began on February 6, 2020, affecting 248,615 Washington '
                "residents' names and full dates of birth.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
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                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'AARP Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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